By Erika Solomon and Crispian Balmer BEIRUT | Sun Mar 25, 2012 8:22am IST BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian forces pounded the battered city of Homs with tank and mortar fire and troops pummelled several other rebel strongholds on Saturday, leaving at least 24 dead, opposition activists said. With the bloodshed showing no signs of abating, [...]
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, based in London, and the Local Coordination Committees said the troops entered Saraqeb from the north and were advancing while tanks fired on the town. The Observatory said that fighting had reached the central market district and that several members of the military and a civilian were killed, with [...]
BY FRANCES ROBINSON AND LAURENCE NORMAN BRUSSELS—The European Union slapped sanctions on 12 more Syrians, including the British-born wife of President Bashar al-Assad and other close family members, as it seeks to add pressure on the top echelons of the regime. The EU has already placed a travel ban and asset freeze on Mr. Assad, [...]
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN | Wed Mar 21, 2012 8:18pm EDT AMMAN (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council, including Russia and China, threw its weight on Wednesday behind efforts by Kofi Annan to end the bloody conflict in Syria, providing a rare moment of global unity in the face of the year-long crisis. In [...]
Russia has steadfastly rejected pressure by the UN Security Council for Syrian President Assad to step aside. It says it will now support a UN resolution supporting a cease-fire, Red Cross access. By Fred Weir, Correspondent / March 20, 2012 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, listens to his Serbian counterpart Vuk Jeremic, unseen, during their meeting [...]
Armed Syrian defectors took their uprising into the heart of a heavily guarded and wealthy district of Damascus on Monday, clashing with security forces in what activists and residents called the most intense fighting in such a strategic area since the protests against President Bashar al-Assad began a year ago. More related to this story [...]
The government and the rebels gave conflicting accounts of what had taken place. The official news agency SANA said the battles erupted when government forces stormed a “terrorist” hideout in an apartment building in the area. It said two terrorists and a member of the security forces were killed, but gave no further details. The [...]
By Lyle Brennan PUBLISHED: 06:48 EST, 18 March 2012 | UPDATED: 11:07 EST, 18 March 2012 Syrian president Bashar Assad will have to answer some difficult questions about his private life after a series of affectionate emails from three women was leaked to the public. The dictator, who is married to British-born Asma Assad, appears [...]
Are you there? Send us your images or video. Also, read this report in Arabic. (CNN) — Deadly explosions rocked parts of Damascus on Saturday with some of the targets being Syrian government facilities, witnesses and state television reported. At least 27 people were killed and 97 others were wounded in two blasts, state TV [...]
Syria says twin car bombings in Damascus on Saturday have killed at least 27 people. State media reports say nearly 100 people were wounded in the blasts, which occurred minutes apart near a police security building and an intelligence center. Television footage and photos have shown smoke billowing from the explosion sites, twisted steel and [...]
At the same time, Turkey advised its citizens in Syria to evacuate and announced that it would soon suspend consular services there, a possible prelude to the closure of its embassy as well. In a further sign of alienation between Turkey and Syria, formerly close neighbors, the prime minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, told [...]
15 March 2012 Last updated at 11:54 ET By Jeremy Bowen BBC Middle East editor The Assads appear to believe they can weather the storm It is a year since President Bashar al-Assad’s men responded to peaceful demonstrations in the southern Syrian town of Deraa with automatic weapons. A few weeks before he had blithely [...]
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN | Wed Mar 14, 2012 12:30pm EDT AMMAN (Reuters) – Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad launched an assault on the southern city of Deraa on Wednesday, intensifying efforts to crush a year-long uprising with no negotiated settlement in sight. The U.N.-Arab League envoy, Kofi Annan, said he had received [...]
Syria‘s President Bashar al-Assad – whose armed forces are in the midst of a bloody crackdown on opponents of his rule — has called parliamentary elections for May. The elections – set to take place on 7 May – were announced under a new constitution passed last month. However, Assad’s opponents say the constitution is [...]
Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan says he expects the Syria government to respond on Tuesday to his proposals to resolve the country’s deadly unrest from an ongoing crackdown on dissent. “I am expecting to hear from the Syrian authorities today since I have left some concrete proposals for them to consider. Once I receive their [...]
The attacks prompted a major exile opposition group to sharpen its calls for international military action and arming of the rebels. Some activists called the killings a new phase of the crackdown that appeared aimed at frightening people into fleeing Homs, an epicenter of the rebellion that the Syrian government had claimed just a few [...]
International peace envoy Kofi Annan says he is “optimistic” about a resolution of Syria’s year-long unrest after a second round of talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus. But, he says securing a deal to end the violence will be “tough.” Annan says he presented “concrete proposals” to Assad in their meeting on Sunday, [...]
10 March 2012 Last updated at 23:32 ET By Jim Muir BBC News, Beirut Kofi Annan wants a ceasefire and greater access for humanitarian aid As the special UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan embarked on what looked like a Mission Impossible that was unlikely to produce swift results, the way ahead in Syria was shrouded [...]
Are you there? Send us your images or video. (CNN) — A top diplomat came face to face Saturday with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in an attempt to stop the carnage while on the streets, security forces continued to kill with impunity. Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan met with al-Assad in Damascus in negotiations [...]
Assad “is very much in charge,” said a senior U.S. intelligence official responsible for tracking the conflict, adding that Assad and his inner circle seem convinced that the rebellion is being driven by external foes and that they are equipped to withstand all but a large-scale military intervention. “That leadership is going to fight very [...]
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